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# Manager, Software Engineering | Data & AI Platform

- **Company:** Mastercard
- **Location:** Arlington, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $161,000.0 - $266,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Operational Databases, Software Engineering, Cloud Platform System, Snowflake, AI Platforms, Databricks
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1274a7f40e4f24e3

## About the Role

* Experience managing engineers, including performance management and career development.
 * Strong product judgement and a record of shaping what is built, not just delivering it.
 * Recent hands-on experience designing and building production data services on a cloud platform such as Databricks, Snowflake or AWS.
 * Advanced knowledge of data modeling and data governance.
 * Ability to turn ambiguity into clear decisions and influence across teams.
 * Clear communication with technical and senior audiences.

## Description

* Partner with product management to understand users, shape scope and priorities, and share accountability for outcomes.
 * Manage and develop engineers: set goals, give regular feedback, run performance reviews, and help attract and grow talent as the team expands.
 * Own the team's technical direction and architecture: decide what to build, reuse or influence, and review designs and code.
 * Spend 40-50% of your time hands-on where it counts most: critical designs, high-leverage code, and key reviews.
 * Own engineering execution and dependencies, turning ambiguity into clear decisions and plans.
 * Set and uphold standards for design, testing, release, reliability, and cost, with clear ownership of production services.
 * Communicate progress, risks, and decisions to senior leaders, and help the team use AI tools where they genuinely improve speed or quality., All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
 * Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
 * Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
 * Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
 * Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.